Nonattachment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of attachment, especially freedom from attachment to worldly things or goals, as in some Eastern philosophies. uncountable, usually

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"I do not become sad when I do not talk to people. Buddhists practice nonattachment. And Animists may prefer the company of trees and squirrels."

Etymology

From non- + attachment.

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